Family Chironomidae Macquart 1838 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Synonyms: Protobibionidae Rohdendorf 1946, Tendipedidae, Tendipedinae

Parent taxon: Nematocera according to E. I. Vera et al. 2023

See also Carpenter 1992, Dendy and Sublette 1959, Kalugina 1985, Kalugina 1986, Kieffer 1911, Pape et al. 2011, Statz 1944, Yeates et al. 2007 and Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Amblylexis, Amianta, Amphipromeca, Apistogrypotes, Asiochaoboridae, Asuba, Axymyioidea, Axymyiomorpha, Bibionites, Blephariceromorpha, Bodephora, Clavapartus, Culiciscolex, Cyrtomides, Dara, Elliidae, Ellipibodus, Empidocampe, Eoculex, Eopolyneuridae, Hongocaloneura, Hongocaloneuridae, Hyperpolyneuridae, Luanpingitidae, Meconeura, Mesophantasmatidae, Mesosciophilidae, Nymphomyiomorpha, Palaeoerioptera, Palaeophoridae, Paradictyodiptera, Penthetria vaillantii, Platyplecia, Plecia nigrescens, Propexis, Protendipedidae, Ptychopteromorpha, Rhopaloscolex, Sama, Serendipidae, Sphallonymphites, Strashilidae, Tipulomorpha, Tipulopleciidae, Venapaucia

Subtaxa: Aenneinae Aphroteniinae Buchonomyiinae Calopsectra Chironominae Chironomopsis Coelochironoma Corynocera Cricotopiella Diamesa Diamesinae Dicrotendipes Eurycnemus Huabeitendipes Jentzschiella Jurochlus Langtonius Liauningius Libanochlites Manlayamyia Mogsonomus Nomochirus Orthocladiinae Orusa Pelopia Pelopiina Podonominae Polypedilum Prodiamesinae Protobibio Sendelia Sergentia Sinoryctochlus Stictochironomus Tanypodinae Tendipopsis Tinactum Ulaiinae Ulaimailia Ulaimailonia Ulaimailoniella Viduata

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Type: Chironomus

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